What We Can Learn From The Animals About Office Politics: Playing In The Concrete Jungle Without Being Played Out During Global Economic Recession - Paperback

by Michael Teng (Author)

Have you ever asked yourself the question "Are office politics really that bad?" and found yourself answering "Yes!" Well, perhaps then this is the book for you. The animals play politics as a way of life to survive in the jungle" ahttps: //admin.createspace.com/Admin/BookEdit.do?id=3366842nd If they get played out, it may mean ending up as a meal for other animals;. Also, with the global recession, many jobs are going to be lost, and our concrete jungle is quickly becoming a true struggle for survival of the fittest. Under these conditions, good performance, creativity, effectiveness and efficiency are mandatory requirements for you to keep your job. One also needs to learn survival skills. By learning from the animals which meet crisis frequently and observing how they play without being played out, we can increase our own ability to survive in the concrete jungle. One of the important survival skills is learning how to handle office politics.

Author Biography

Dr Mike Teng is the author of a best-selling book "Corporate Turnaround: Nursing a sick company back to health", in 2002 which is also translated into the Bahasa Indonesia. In 2006, he authored another book entitled, "Corporate Wellness: 101 Principles in Turnaround and Transformation. He also published in 2007/2008 five management books, namely entitled: Internet Turnaround: The Use of Internet Marketing to Turnaround Companies; Training Manual: Corporate Turnaround and Transformation Methodology; Link Baiting to Improve Your Page Ranking on Search Engines and Corporate Turnaround: Global Perspective as well as Fundamentals of Buying and Selling of Companies. Dr Teng is currently the Managing Director of Corporate Turnaround Centre Pte Ltd which provides corporate training and management advisory services. He has 28 years of experience in corporate turnaround, strategic planning and operational management responsibilities in the Asia Pacific. Of these, he held Chief Executive Officer's positions for 18 years in multi-national and publicly listed companies. Dr Teng served as the Executive Council member for fourteen years and the last four years as the President of the Marketing Institute of Singapore (2000 - 2004), the national marketing association. Dr Teng holds a Doctor in Business Administration (DBA) from the University of South Australia, Master in Business Administration (MBA) and Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (BEng) from the National University of Singapore. He is also a Professional Engineer (P Eng, Singapore), Chartered Engineer ( C Eng, UK) and Fellow Member of several prestigious professional institutes namely, Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM), Chartered Management Institute (FCMI), Institute of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), Marketing Institute of Singapore (FMIS), Institute of Electrical Engineers (FIEE) and Senior Member of Singapore Computer Society (SMSCS).